Endocrine disrupting chemicals: Towards responsible replacements

(An International Multidisciplinary Team Grant Research Project)

Our research focuses first on determining the extent to which our food, drinking water and breast milk contain the chemicals that have emerged as replacements for polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants, phthalates and bisphenol A, and second, on determining if these new alternatives are safer than the substances that they have replaced. We are investigating the effectiveness of various food preparation procedures and water purification strategies to decrease exposure and thus hoping to prevent possible adverse health effects associated with alternatives that are deemed to be hazardous. Finally, we are analyzing international regulations and regulatory processes related to the assessment of alternatives, with a focus on Canada, US, Europe and South Africa.

Team Leaders: Barbara Hales (PI), Jonathan Chevrier, Jaye Ellis, Cindy Goodyer, Steve Maguire, Bernard Robaire

For more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/edc/

This research project is supported by:
the Institute of Population and Public Health - CIHR